Cindy can you check this out, I have to go to work.
I’m a little bit worried about Nascar this weekend in Vegas. Just this morning, the poison ricin was found in an Extended Stay America hotel in Vegas. I’m just worried that the nut who “cooked” this stuff surely has some plan for it. After all, it isn’t the kind of thing you would use to flavor your morning eggs. And who knows where He or She plans to distribute it! Seven people were hospitalized for decontamination and observation.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333781,00.html
oisonous Package Discovery at Las Vegas Motel May Be Part of Murder Plot
Friday, February 29, 2008
LAS VEGAS — Detectives may be looking at the discovery of a poison-infested package at a Las Vegas motel as a murder plot, FOX News has learned.
The toxin known as ricin turned up on a parcel found at the Extended Stay America Motel, leaving seven people sick and in the hospital.
Law enforcement officials told FOX that the Las Vegas Police Department is leading the probe and the investigation appears to be focusing on a possible murder plot of some kind.
One of those exposed to the ricin is clinging to life and may be in a coma, the sources told FOX.
Federal and local officials also said that there doesn’t appear to be a terrorism connection in the case, but identifying the sender and receiver of the package had taken top priority.
“This is not a terror incident at this point,” said police Captain Joseph Lombardo.
Authorities were called to the Vegas motel on Thursday and retrieved a package from the motel manager that was determined to be a chemical or controlled substance, Officer Ramone Denby said.
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What a mess, the person in a coma has been in that coma since
admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14. A family member came
back to clean out the hotel and found the ricin.